Belmont Woman, 'Danger To Community,' Arrested For Fifth DUI: Prosecutors

REDWOOD CITY, CA – A Belmont woman pleaded not guilty Thursday to a fifth drunk driving charge in the last seven years, San Mateo County prosecutors say. Regan Forester, 34, will face a jury May 8 and could spend three years in state prison.

Forester allegedly rolled through a stop sign at 4:38 p.m. on March 1 at Fifth Avenue and Broadway in Belmont. Then she drove on the wrong side of the road before a police officer flagged her down.

"She put [the] car in reverse instead of park and it started rolling backwards," the district attorney's office said in a news release. "[The] officer stopped [the] car and had defendant get out... she had objective signs of being under [the] influence [of] alcohol and was so unsteady on her feet that the officer had to hold her to keep her from falling over."

Forester allegedly first told officers that she had nothing to drink, then said she had one and a half beers. A blood test after her arrest allegedly showed she had a blood-alcohol level of 0.31 and that she had taken two antidepressant drugs, prosecutors said.

Prosecutors said that since 2010 Forester has been convicted on one felony drunk driving charge and three misdemeanor drunk driving charges.

"She's a danger to community," San Mateo County District Attorney Steve Wagstaffe said.

"Something's got to be done or someone's going to die," Wagstaffe added.

Forester remains in jail on $100,000 bail. Forester's attorney Savas Loukedis was not immediately available
for comment.

– Bay City News Service contributed to this report / Image via Shutterstock